composing stick


nounPrinting.
  1. a portable, adjustable, usually metal tray that the compositor holds in one hand while placing in it type gathered with the other hand.

Origin of composing stick

1
First recorded in1670–80
  • Also called job stick.

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composing stick

noun
  1. printing a metal holder of adjustable width in which a compositor sets a line of type at a time by hand; now rarely used

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